Includes bibliographical references and index

The abortion controversy: who shall control the power to reproduce the species? -- The morality of procreative choice -- The theologies behind the moral debate on abortion -- Toward a liberating theological perspective on procreative choice and abortion -- The history of Christian teaching on abortion reconceived -- Notes toward a feminist perspective on the history of abortion -- Evaluating the act of abortion: the debate about fetal life -- Conclusion: beyond abortion politics

Women's free choice to bear children is vital for a truly moral society, maintains noted ethicist and theologian Beverly Wildung Harrison. Bringing together ethical, historical, religious, and feminist viewpoints, Harrison shows that each woman's right of self-determination and procreative choice, including access to abortion, are social goods to which women of all economic levels and backgrounds are entitled

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